St. Bernard water plant shut down

The St. Bernard Parish water treatment plant was shut down this morning after scores of residents called to complain about foul-smelling water.

"We don't believe there is anything harmful in the water, but we shut down the intake system so we can run some tests to see what's causing the problem," said Dave Peralta, the parish's chief administrative officer.

Residents began calling about 10 a.m. to complain that their tap water had a diesel-like smell, Peralta said.

He said the parish has plenty of treated water in the system.

"No one will see an interruption in their water service because of this," he said.